configure, make, make install

1. PATH
Many applications on Linux is dependent on the PATH,

for example, pkgconfig
need to export PKG_PATH_CONFIG = /usr/local/lib:/usr/lib to have lib packages in both /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and /usr/lib/pkgconfig to know the library.

2. updatedb
Use locate to check if the system had the correct path.
use updatedb to update the path

Weakness

Acknowledge your weakness, rather than rationalize them
- Get It, Set It, Move It, Prove It By Mark Graham Brown